A supplementary contribution of ants in the pollination of an orchid, Epipactis thunbergii, usually pollinated by hover flies

Plant Systematics and Evolution

Volumn 258, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 17-26

  Sugiura, N ^a   Miyazaki, S ^a,b   Nagaishi, S ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ant pollination; Camponotus; Epipactis; Metapleural glands; Orchid; Orchidaceae

Indexed keywords

CAMPONOTUS; CAMPONOTUS JAPONICUS; EPIPACTIS; EPIPACTIS THUNBERGII; FORMICIDAE; ORCHIDACEAE; SYRPHIDAE;

EID: 33645113432     PISSN: 03782697     EISSN: 16156110     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00606-005-0391-8     Document Type: Article

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